September 7, 2023 by Fred Colby
How often have you said or thought, “I can’t do that! I am not good at it and never will be.” For me, it was math. God, how I hated math. I was a classic straight “D” student through elementary, middle, and high school. Then, something happened. During my third
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August 31, 2023 by Sherry R Schachter
Fall brings anticipation for children starting school. Some children may be excited to see their school friends and teachers they have missed, for others it, may be the anticipation of meeting new children. They may have mixed feelings. However, for children who may have recently lost a parent (or other
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August 23, 2023 by Fred Colby
Are you floating in a sea of grief with only a life vest of memories keeping you afloat? If you are not careful, that life vest can become a heavy weight of anger, regrets, and fear that drags you down into depression. Grief during the early stages can be both
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April 17, 2023 by Kei Okada
When we grieve the loss of our loved one, it is not just emotional. It shakes who we are, and how we live our lives. We sometimes feel as if our spirit or soul were “trembling.” One important part is missing from our life, it changes the entire design of
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March 27, 2023 by Kei Okada, MDiv, BCC
Spirituality and Grief We all live with loss experiences. We keep losing various things and people, while gaining new experiences, including the experiences of the losses. It affects, shakes, or moves our heart, mind and spirit deeply. How do we express such sensations, from which perceptions?
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March 27, 2023 by AJ Coleman
How A Widower Faced The Loss Of His Wife, Became A Single Parent and Mastered 5 Coping Steps To Move Towards Happiness As part of the senior year tradition, as a blurb for the high school yearbook, you’re often asked to speculate where you’ll be in
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November 11, 2022 by Sherry R Schachter PhD, FT, RN and Maria Georgopoulos, LMHC, FT
People often ask us if there are differences in how women and men grieve. We see this most often after the death of a child when the grieving styles of the bereaved parents can be quite different. Sometimes these differences can add yet another layer of depth to one’s grief
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July 15, 2022 by Ryan Fitzgerald
Selling a house after the death of a loved one can be an overwhelming process. Not only do you have to deal with the emotional stress of losing someone you love, but you also have to take care of all the practical matters that come with selling a
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July 12, 2022 by Charles E. Schwartz, MD
How can grief affect alcohol and drug use Men who are grieving after the death of their spouses or other close relatives, are much more likely to run into major problems with alcohol and/or drug use. Grief causes terrible stress and unbearable pain from their loss. In their struggle to
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